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Wednesday, May 18, 2016

New photo from Facebook May 18, 2016 at 07:26PM

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Cyberculture agenda: “The Intercept begins publishing Snowden doc

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The 166 articles we’re releasing today from an internal NSA publication,SIDtoday, were subjected to a careful process of research, editorial evaluation, legal review, reporting, redaction, and digital processing. This article explains how that process worked.

The Intercept begins publishing Snowden docs

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The Intercept has begun publishing a large tranche of NSA documents leaked by Edward Snowden. All 166 articles from SID Today, an NSA internal newsletter, are coming in the first portion of Snowden docs that The Intercept will release, with more to come

In the early months of 2003, the National Security Agency saw demand for its services spike as a new war in Iraq, as well as ongoing and profound changes in how people used the internet, added to a torrent of new agency work related to the war on terror, according to a review of 166 articles from a restricted agency newsletter.

Can social media data be used to predict the outcome of the 2016 US Presidential Election? There are a few factors to consider.

Bots Unite to Automate the Presidential Election

Bots Unite to Automate the Presidential Election

Donald Trump understands minority communities. Just ask Pepe Luis Lopez. He’s one of Trump’s 7 million Twitter followers. One problem: he’s not a person

Ad-blocking hypocrisy

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This interesting illustration comes from a typically-insightful piece by Doc Searls about the blight that covert web-tracking has unleashed on the Web. Interestingly, he points out that the trackers are, in fact, not important for theTimes.

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On Saturday, the Associated Press announced that in the 2016 edition of their widely-used AP Stylebook guide to English grammar and usage, the words “internet” and “web” will no longer be capitalized.

New Report Analyzes How Crypto Backdoors, Interference with Crypto, and Compelled Disclosure of Encryption Keys All Impact Free Expression and Privacy

Defending encryption is a human rights issue, according to a new Amnesty International report. The report calls on nation-states to promote the use of encryption tools as part of their international human rights obligations to protect the privacy of their populations.

Everything We Know About How the FBI Hacks People

Everything We Know About How the FBI Hacks People

When it comes to hacking, US law enforcement agents are as much the perpetrators as the ones chasing the criminal perps.

Report: Bot Fraud Costs Advertisers $7.2 Billion Worldwide

Bots are a constant thorn in the side of the digital advertising industry. They are becoming more sophisticated, and thus more difficult to track and remove. And with the rampant fraud, advertising online might seem a futile endeavor.

A report from the Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA) suggests that it’s time for digital advertisers to get realistic. The digital media industry continues to pour budgets into advertising, with bigger, more expensive campaigns, and much of that money is wasted on bots.

Photo-based graphic of Zelalem Workagegnehu by Melody Sundberg. Image used with permission.

Photo-based graphic of Zelalem Workagegnehu by Melody Sundberg. Image used with permission.

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A Turkish court strips Journalist @arzuyldzz of “her parental rights”

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Claimed: “ANONYMOUS leaks Turkish Medical Healthcare Records

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New photo from Facebook May 18, 2016 at 11:39AM

Şimdi burada ayı sırt sorununu çözmek için kullanılıyormuş. 1946. Romanya. via Reddit. via Facebook Pages http://ift.tt/1heKubC

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Monday, May 18, 2015

New photo from Facebook May 18, 2015 at 08:54PM

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Cyberculture agenda: “The business model of NSA apologists… “Google’s self-driving cars…

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The proliferation of cloud computing is one of the most impactful trends in the world of enterprise IT today — and the technology is ever evolving.

The business model of NSA apologists


Those talking heads you see on TV defending the NSA and calling for Snowden’s ass in a sling? They make bank off NSA surveillance contracts. Read the rest

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The viability of self-driving cars will likely be debated and scoffed at for a long time, but at least we know they’re not distracted by their cellphones. In an article on Backchannel, Google revealed details about how its cars work and some of the mishaps they’ve gotten into. After all, one of the guiding principles behind autonomous vehicles is being able to reduce car accidents, and driver mistakes cause 94% of them in the US, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Google has over twenty cars on the road, which have driven a combined 1.7 million miles in…
Why Europe needs more tech leaders
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The US is home to the world’s leading tech companies, with Silicon Valley serving as an unchallenged startup hub.

This past two weeks at the Newfronts, presenters on every stage in Manhattan have declared that the golden age of digital video has arrived. The numbers are clear: Viewership is up by more than 53 percent, and global ad-supported video platforms like YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat are all experiencing massive growth.

Facebook Is Now in the Content Syndication Business
If you weren’t already aware, Facebook officially unveiled what it calls “Instant Articles” this past week. This feature gives publishers (currently just beta participants) the ability to fully syndicate entire articles on Facebook.

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New photo from Facebook May 18, 2015 at 03:39PM

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After days of hateful AKP leadership messages, simultaneous explosions in HDP Adana and Mersin offices.. #TurkeyElections #GeçmişOlsunHDP

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HDP’s provincial headquarters have been bombed in Adana and Mersin. There are three casualties in Adana. A flower pot sent a day before to HDP headquarter in Mersin exploded but didn’t kill any because it was in the balcony.
The May 18 bomb attacks in southern Turkey have drawn condemnation from the government and the Kurdish problem-focused HDP

One of the injured…

Simultaneous blasts hit two local headquarters of the Kurdish problem-focused Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in the southern Turkish provinces of Adana and Mersin on May 18
Bombs have hit two local headquarters of the Kurdish problem-focused Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in the southern Turkish of Adana and Mersin, weeks before the June 7 general election. Hidden in a cargo parcel and a gift-packaged flower pot, the two bombs injured at least three people on May 18.-
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has said he keeps records of what the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is doing and he will demand justice for the government’s wrongdoings when his party comes to power following the June 7 general elections
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has defended Turkey’s top cleric Mehmet Görmez over his use of an official car worth 1 million Turkish Liras ($435,000), which he vowed to return after strong criticism from the opposition.
A majority of top executives from Turkey’s largest companies believed the ruling AKP would be the winner of the upcoming June elections, but the party’s votes would decrease compared to the previous elections, according to a survey by Turkish economy magazines Capital and Ekonomist
A number of local tribes in southeastern Turkey that are known to have voted for the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) for the past 12 years have turned to the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), campaigning on the streets of Şanlıurfa in favor of the HDP
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu and several economy ministers of the government have criticized the opposition parties’ economic plans, particularly promises to increase the minimum wage, inviting business and trade groups to reflect on how these promises are “unrealistic.”
A U.S. State Department spokesperson who was called a “stupid blonde” by the mayor of Ankara has voiced surprise that journalists are still interested in the issue

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